We analyze the impact of migration on wage, income and the unemployment rate. Using the official Russian statistical database from 1995 to 2010, we calculate a dynamic panel data model with spatial effects. There is a positive spatial effect for wage, income and unemployment rate. There is no...

The paper adds to the existing literature on the determinants of government spending in Research and Development (R&D) by considering the role of strategic interactions among countries as one of the possible competing explanations, within a spatial econometric framework. We account for several...

Due to criticisms of potential identification issues within spatial panel data models, this study contributes to the literature by comparing forecasts of province-level carbon dioxide emissions against empirical reality using dynamic, spatial panel data models with and without fixed effects....